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Chapter 9 | A Whole New World

[Jungkook]

My eyes widened at the sight in front of me. I finally saw the sky for the first time in my life. It was so big. I didn't quite believe Jimin when he told us about the outside world. I looked over and saw tears forming in Jimin's eyes. I knew he had it the worst. Jimin was a free hybrid before he was caught and brought into our world. I was born and raised in different facilities, as was all our other mates, and we never got the taste of the outside world. When Jimin came into our lives, he had so many stories about the outside world. It all seemed like a dream, but seeing it for myself, I can see why he's emotional. The sky is beautiful.

"Hyung, what are those sparkling things in the sky?" I asked, pointing at the sky.

"They're stars," Jimin spoke but it sounded like he had a knot in his throat.

"Stars," I breathed as I turned my eyes back to the sparkling lights in the black sky. "I like it."

"Wait until you see the sky in the morning. The sky is so blue and the clouds look like candy floss," Jimin spoke, with a tone that was much brighter than before.

"Clouds? Candy floss?" I couldn't help but parrot.

"I'll show you in the morning," Jimin promised.

"Oh my god! You guys need to try this!" Taehyung skipped over holding a strange thing in his hand.

"Oh my god, what is that?" I asked at the same time that Jimin exclaimed. "Give me that!"

"Hey, get your own," Taehyung growled at Jimin. "The guys over there are handing them out, something about the raid lowering their sugar levels or something." Jimin nodded before quickly moving over to the group who were handing out popsicles to those who worked to raid the building. "It's something called a pop... a pop... a popsicle! It's melts in your mouth. It's cold but it's so sweet. It's good you should try it."

I quickly followed after Jimin, who was already in line for the thing called a popsicle. When it was my turn, I finally got one of those popsicles. As soon as I tried it, my eyes widened. It's so sweet!

"Uh, I'm looking for someone named Jungkook, Jimin, and Taehyung?" a foreign voice called out.

My eyes locked immediately with Jimin and Taehyung. An unsettling feeling rushed over me. Before we could even exchange another word, the three of us all rushed over to the man who called out our names.

The person, upon closer look was a ferret hybrid.

"I'm Taehyung, and this is Jimin and Jungkook," Taehyung introduced us to the ferret hybrid.

"Oh good," he breathed a sigh of relief, "My name is Hwang Hyunjin. I'm with Hybe Hybrid Rescue Center, and I'm in charge of the mental health unit of our medical department. You guys are the mates of Yoongi, Namjoon, and Hoseok, correct?"

My heart started beating a lot faster at the mention of "medical department" and the names of our older mates.

"Yes," Jimin managed to speak, his voice was trembling, I could tell.

"Well, I have some good news and some bad news," he began. "The bad news is that one of your mates, Namjoon, the black bear hybrid, isn't in the best condition. He's struggling a lot and we had to put him into a medical-induced coma. The good news," he continued before we could even get a word in, "is that my sister-in-law, Bang Y/N, is the one who's in charge of his health as well as the health of your other mates. She's the best of the best and is the person in charge of the physical health unit of our medical department as well as the head of the medical department itself. So your mates are in good, stable hands."

"So he's going to be okay?" I asked.

"Yes," Hyunjin said without any hesitation, which did relieve my tension quite a bit. "Yoongi and Hoseok are asking for you though. And since you've been in the sex trafficking ring, we also need to make sure that your physical health and your mental health are in good condition."

"Can we go now?" Taehyung asked.

"Of course, I came here to escort you over," he responded with a smile.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Taehyung exclaimed.

Hyunjin lead us to one of the moving things that Jimin explained were cars. I quickly finished as much of my popsicle as possible before throwing it away, slightly upset that I wasn't able to finish it.

"Don't worry, we have better things at the center," Hyunjin assured me.

"Better than a popsicle?" I couldn't help but gasp. I didn't think anything could be better than the popsicle.

"Much better," Hyunjin laughed as he ushered us into the car.



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