ANL - mark lee

7

"well what information are they talking about!" aeri exclaimed, mind scattered at what she just saw.

they all stared at her for a second before jaehyun finally answered, "any information, about us, other gangs, anything that could be useful,".

before aeri had time to ask more questions the leader within taeyong jumped into action, "johnny, go get the rest of 127, excluding haechan. don't cause a scene, i'd rather this be unknown by the dreamies until we have jaemin home safe. kun, get all the mission stuff ready. tell taeil that he's to stay here and make sure the dreamies aren't suspicious of anything."

"what about me?" aeri asked quietly.

"what do you mean, what about you?" mark asked coldly.

"I wanna go," the girl stated, trying to make herself sound confident.

"no." taeyong quickly replied, "it's not safe".

"do you even know how shoot a gun?" mark asked clearly annoyed.

"I-I don't, but I can help. please. i've been a black belt since I was ten. I cant just sit here, hes my best friend." aeri lied. she had never even take a simple taekwondo class.

when taeyong didn't instantly reply mark quickly looked up, eyes traveling from taeyong to aeri. was he seriously considering this?

"fine," taeyong sighed. both marks and jaehyuns jaws dropped. taeyong never changed his mind about anything for anyone.

"what?!" mark exclaimed.

"I said fine, she's going. but, mark, since you seem to have such a problem with it, she'll be sticking with you." taeyong replied with a smirk.

both aeri's and mark's eyes widened, but both knew better than to argue. the boy shot her a quick glare before exiting the room. aeri remained in place, now unphased by his rude antics, and looked back at jaehyun and taeyong.

"thank you," she whispered.

"don't make me regret it. now we need to get a location." taeyong quickly replied.

"are you sure you didn't see anyone or anything suspicious that could give us any clue where he is?" jaehyun asked in a calm tone.

"there were letters engraved on the box. RD, I think?" aeri replied hesitantly, pulling the box out of her pocket and handing it over to the pair.

"red devils," taeyong hissed.

"who?"

"the red devils are a smaller gang that have been on the rise lately and they've been eying us as targets for a while now," jaehyun explained to the clearly confused girl.

"they put the hit on you," taeyong added.

aeri's mouth formed an O in realization, but before she had time to ask more questions, 6 other men entered the room, mark and johnny included. she recognized one of them as the man who first yelled at her when she arrived here and another one as the man who brought the stabbed boy to johnny.

"aeri, meet 127. 127, aeri. you can handle personal introductions later, for right now we need to get our plan and put it into action," taeyong said. his aura had changed completely and it startled aeri. she hadn't seen this side of him.

"so, the red devils have jaemin. they want information and in exchange we get him back. now, I don't plan on giving them that information. kun and taeil are working to pinpoint their hideout and once they figure that out we will have a plan," taeyong explained. as he finished, the door quickly opened to reveal kun and someone, who was assumed to be taeil, entering with stacks of paper. as they spread them around it became more evident that it was a map. small circles and symbols covered the map that aeri couldn't comprehend, but she didn't have to, taeyong was already explaining the plan.

"jaehyun, jungwoo, and yuta will enter first and take out any first sweep of their men. then, myself and doyoung. finally, mark and aeri. mark and aeri, your jobs are to find jaemin and get out. you two only shoot if necessary, which it shouldn't be. everyone in the vans in thirty. remember, we want our member back, not a gang war,"

aeri watched in shock as they all reacted to their leaders words. aeri followed quickly behind the group that left, more specifically, mark. they walked down the short hallway until they reached a large door with a padlock. one of the other guys quickly punched in the code before everyone flowed into the room. as they entered the room aeris eyes widened. weapons decorated every wall and there were tables with even more. one wall held dark black jackets, just like the one that jaemin had given her to wear. all the members quickly rushed to slip the jackets on before collecting multiple weapons each.

"well newbie, are you just gonna stand there and watch or are you going to get yourself some weapons," one of the men looked back at her, she had no clue who he was. aeris lips parted, but words failed to come out. before she was able to process the man grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the table quickly strapping a gun holster to her waist band and handing her a small knife as well as a small thigh holster for the knife.

"i'll let you put that one on yourself," the man looked her up and down, eying the thigh holster.

"she's too young for you yuta, practically a dreamie," another one reprimanded.

"how unfortunate," yuta sighed, turning away slowly, but not before shooting her a wink.

"don't mind him, he's always like that," the man who defended me said with a small smile, "i'm doyoung by the way,". aeri could only nod and try to return a small smile. she couldn't help but focus on the weight of the gun strapped to her waist.

"here, put this in your ear," doyoung stated, offering a small wire to the girl. aeri eyed it cautiously, "don't worry, it's just so kun and taeil can talk to us and tell us where to go," he explained. aeri hesitantly took it and placed it in her ear instantly hearing a beep, "the beep means it's working," doyoung explained again.

aeri nodded before mumbling a small, "thank you".

"cmon guys, five minutes!" jaehyun yelled into the room. everyone quickly rushed out and aeri followed, partially being dragged by doyoung. they all gathered in the large garage that was concealed under the house before dividing into two vans.

aeri continued to be lead by doyoung until she sat in the backseat of yet another van, this one appearing nicer and more high tech. in the back there was a large computer screen attached to the wall and kun sat comfortably staring at the screen which showed some sort of map. the van reeked of sweat mixed with a metallic sent. aeri quickly connected that the scent must be from blood. the thought made her stomach churn and bile rise in her throat. she quickly swallowed it down and locked her eyes onto her hands as she picked at the skin on her fingertips in order to distract herself.

she only looked up when the door to the van slammed shut and she quickly locked eyes with him. however, she didn't look away. in the moment she noticed the way that his dark hair complimented his tanned complexion and the way that his eyes held thousands of shades of brown that all mixed together perfectly.

her thoughts were quickly interrupted when mark scoffed, "take a picture it'll last longer".

aeri could feel her cheeks quickly heat up in embarrassment and she turned to face the other direction out the window to prevent him from seeing. shaking his words out of her head she paid attention to the world outside the car window. in order to exit the large estate they drove for at least a mile through what appeared to be a forest. only when the van exited through a tree line could she see the highway and city lights ahead of them. they swiftly pulled onto a highway going well above the speed limit in order to reach their destination.