two worlds: jaeyong

27

the whole base was a mess and in disarray. all the other soldiers were put under lockdown while the ones under the instruction of jaehyun and his team were all lined in front of the medical cube, in full gear. when seeing their superior, they all salute towards their captain.

"attention!"

"at ease," jaehyun rushed over to the soldier in the front. "what's the situation in there?"

"dr. le, dr. kim, and nurse dong were both out of the medical cube at the time of the announcement so they are right now being on lock down in their living quarters," the soldier replied.

"what about lee donghyuck?" mark asked. "is he with them, why didn't you mention him?"

knowing how whipped his superior is for the resident, the soldier was trying to find a way to tell him the answer without angering or risking his head. but when he found none, he knew he would just have to go for it.

"resident lee is the one who reported the explosives threat and we did try to get him out but he wouldn't comply and so-"

"are you saying he's inside the medical cube right now?!!"

mark's shout startled everyone in the proximity and johnny immediately went to the younger to try and calm him down.

"mark, calm down," the american tries to pat the canadian's back but his arm is swatted away.

"calm down? calm down?!" mark just shouts in his native language. "i can't calm down when knowing that donghyuck is stuck in there! he's the one who shouldn't have to be stuck in there in the first place. and how did the bomb get in the medical cube in the first place?!"

"mark!"

johnny's loud voice brings mark back into his right mind and stops him from ranting even further.

"this isn't the time to put out all your anger! like you said, donghyuck is stuck in there and we need to get him out. and the only one who can do that is you. you're the only one who's qualified to complete this, both for him and the rest of us."

looking around and seeing his hyungs' eyes on him, mark nods and puts on his game face.

"have all the soldiers clear out except for you 3. this is going to be the start of this assignment."

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inside, donghyuck was laying in the corner, behind a file cabinet that was furthest from the open box.

it was supposed to be any normal package, one containing either boxes of sterile gloves or certain drugs doyoung requested. but now, after removing all the sheets from the top, he was met with a beeping noise that immediately made him act to reach for the walkie talkie and call the superiors.

he heard them, telling him to get out of the medical cube and to go to where his hyungs were but he couldn't move. it was as if someone took glue and held him down by the feet, preventing him from going anywhere. so when he couldn't walk, he did the only thing he could think of, dragging himself to a safe place.

the memories came flooding back and he could still clearly hear the screams and cries of the people around him. the walkie talkie in his hands beeped and hesitantly, the resident brought the device to his ear.

"lee donghyuck, haechan, are you there?!"

hearing the soldier's voice made donghyuck's fear go away and made him want to only focus on this one person.