The Road to Defeat

FOURTEEN

Where are you?

"That was a great meeting guys, we have a strong start on, what seems like, a great game plan. You guys are free for the rest of the day, so feel free to leave." Namjoon nodded toward Hoseok as he finished his words. Namjoon wasn't the mafia leader and it wasn't a position he wanted anyway. The mafia leader wasn't known by many, in fact, only Namjoon and Yoongi knew who was the actual boss. When the group formed the new generation of the mafia they had all anonymously voted for which hyung they wanted to be leader. The results were calculated by Namjoon because everyone trusted him to be honest and keep the information anonymous. It may seem weird but, having the leader anonymous was the better option for the group; for it would stop biased behaviour. Yoongi however found out a completely different way, from the leader himself.

Taehyung was quick to leave the meeting room after finishing up one last conversation with Jeongguk. He was excited to just go see Emily after what was a long day's work. He made his way to their bedroom not knowing where she was but also wanting to take off his suit jacket and tie. Emily wasn't in their room but he wasn't surprised, she often spent her days in the living room or out with Vincenzo. Taehyung started to make his way toward the living room, while unbuttoning the top two buttons on his shirt.

"I'm sorry to bother you sir but I think something bad might be taking place." Vincenzo spoke quickly as he approached Taehyung. His movements seemed frantic and it was very unsedilling. Vincenzo was never one who was anxious, honestly you can barely tell he cares about anything at all.

"What happened?" Taehyung was stern with his tone, it had been a long enough day already; if there were to be a mishap right now, it would have to be handled quickly.

Vincenco explained his suspicion about the three girls' location at the moment. He wasn't sure whether he was reading the situation wrong or not, but he felt that if he didn't bring it up to anyone and they ended up getting hurt, the quilt would eat him alive. It was safe to say that Taehyung was worried. However he was quick to react, making his way around the house to find Yoongi and any others he saw along the way. Jimin followed Taehyung once he saw how frantically he was moving, he wasn't going to let them go alone. Taehyung found Yoongi in the large dining room sitting close to Hoseok. Before the group left, Jimin informed everyone that they were leaving. Jin and Namjoon agreed to stay at the house in case they come back. However Taehyung doubted that was going to happen, the pit in his stomach told him otherwise.

Jimin drove the group off the property as they all tried calling both Lauren and Emily. Taehyung couldn't help but let out a frustrated growl as Emily wasn't picking up the phone.

"She turned her location on!" Yoongi said, almost jumping out of his seat. They now had Lauren's phone location.

"They're in... west end?" Jeongguk said not knowing if that information was good or bad.

"Oh this can't be good. Not at a time like this." Taehyung sighed.

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"Are you okay?" Lauren asked Chloe who was now sitting on the ground trying to catch her breath. Lauren and Emily both looked at her in concern. It was evident that Chloe was the most injured between the three. Her neck was swollen and bruised and she got a cut at the base of her neck, nothing too deep though. Emily and Lauren were both bruised and cut too but the three were alright, considering the circumstances, and things could have been a lot worse. Three men lay unconscious on the ground behind them, merley feet away, the other two men had run from the fight.

"You put up a good fight Emily, you could be a great combat fighter." Emily nodded in response to Lauren's compliment. She was actually really proud of herself, she knew that she was capable of putting up a fight, but she didn't realize she would be able to fight off two grown men.

Lauren quickly rushed to help Chloe stand up as blinding headlights approached them. Lauren grabbed her two knives from behind her, one lay on the ground and one inside a man's shoulder. She handed Emily and Chloe each one of the bloody throwing knives. However, the three girls knew they no longer had to fight as Taehyung ran fast out of the car. Emily handed the small throwing knife to Lauren before Taehyung embraced her.

"What the hell happened here?" Yoongi asked Lauren in an amused voice while looking at the unconscious men. "I see I missed all the fun." Chloe couldn't help but gulp as she looked at the men's bodies, holding the knife tightly in her grasp. The sight was gruesome, various people's blood splattered on the pavement beneath them. But, however awful the scene was, Chloe couldn't take her eyes off of it.

"Let's go back to the house, we can get you cleaned up." Lauren spoke softly to Chloe, knowing that something was off, hoping that leaving the scene would help her feel better.

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Walking into the large house, the group couldn't help but sigh in contentment at the smell of freshly cooked food. Taehyung led Emily and the three girls into the kitchen and the other boys followed behind. Jin gasped at everyone's appearances, unable to express his concern in words. Namjoon shook his head, as his gip on the counter grew tighter.

"What the fuck happened?" Namjoon was angry but when was he not? Chloe kept her gaze toward the ground, rolling her eyes at the overly aggressive Namjoon.

"Namjoon, calm down." Jin spoke quietly to him, hand on shoulder, obviously trying to prevent him from getting more enraged. The three girls were led to the dining room and sat on separate chairs so the boys could help them with their wounds. It was only now that Emily's attention was brought to her throbbing wrist, her adrenaline being too high to notice it before. Chloe just sat quietly, shaking her head to herself. She always seemed to end up in these shitty situations and she couldn't even think of how or why she was led to this one.

Namjoon soon joined the group in the dining room, standing across the table with his hands in his pockets.

"How could you three be so irresponsible! We leave for a four hour meeting and in the meantime you think it's a good idea to get into fights?!" Chloe winced at the words, not because they meant anything to her, she didn't care, but her head was pounding and his loud ass didn't help.

"Would it kill you to stop being an asshole all the time?" Chloe spoke up, she wasn't loud, but her words were enough to put the room into silence. She couldn't bring herself to look up, the lights hurting her head just from the reflection on the floor. However, a hand placed into her light of sight made her look up. She flinched in response to the bright room but she was able to meet Namjoons stare. Without a word Namjoon removed the knife from Chloe's hand, beginning to clean the dried blood off of her hands. He grabbed a warm cloth and cleaned off her face.

"Have you given any thought to what I proposed to you?"