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014. Teammate.

     

     IT was a struggle to find them and along the way of looking for them, they saw many people getting killed and the whole time Hyun-Jung clung to Ji-Hoon's arm, terrified. "Sae-Byeok!" She left the boy's side to run to the girl and grabbed her arm. "You scared me! I thought he got you." She said, gripping her arm.

"I'm okay..." The other girl says, looking at her then at Ji-Hoon behind them, looking all around them. "Okay, cute reunion, girls... but can we hurry up and go to player 456?" He asked, sounding kind of scared and Hyun-Jung nodded quickly before they rush over to where they can spot Gi-Hun and his bed.

"You're all here." He said, taken back by the fact the three are standing before him. "Like you said." Sae-Byeok says and Gi-Hun's eyes are behind the boy and two girls. He shoves Sae-Byeok out of the way, right into Hyun-Jung and Ji-Hoon who all stumble together.

They quickly look over to see 101 and Gi-Hun fighting. Ji-Hoon runs over, kicking 101 as Sae-Byeok gets grabbed by some guy who smashed a bottle on her. "Hey!" Hyun-Jung rushed to her side as Sangwoo hits the man with a metal rod. Another man comes running down the stairs to help them, holding a larger metal rod that looks to be a part of the bed frames. They all stand together now, facing 101's gang he's formed over the past few days.

"Hey, Ssangmun-dong, what are you doing? We're just helping cull the herd." 101 says as Gi-Hun steps before Sae-Byeok and Hyun-Jung standing together. "She's our teammate, you got that? Same goes for the other two." He says, defending them. "Teammate?"

"All of you, stop this. I'm... I... I'm scared." All of their attention go over to the old man standing at the highest bed. "We are all gonna die in here! Everyone, every single one of us is going to die! Please. I'm so scared. Stop this madness! If you keep this going, then we're all going to die in here!" Hyun-Jung felt for the man, she was scared too and he sounded terrified. The lights all turned on and an alarm blared as the doors open up and the men come running in, one of them firing his gun.

Everyone stopped right away and the masked men panned out, checking the dead bodies. They also walk to the alive players, making them all drop their weapons when held at gun-point. "Drop your weapon. Turn around." One of the masked men tell 101 and their group, along with Gi-Hun and their group.

They get patted down as they hold up their hands, facing the walls. "Player 277, eliminated. Player 74, eliminated. Player 198, eliminated. Player 222, eliminated. Player 301, eliminated. Player 416, eliminated." As they list every dead person's elimination, Hyun-Jung just glanced at the other two to her side, at Sae-Byeok and Ji-Hoon who also have their arms raised. The guards with the black coffins came in then, loading up the bodies in them.

"Are you okay?" Ji-Hoon asked Hyun-Jung when they were allowed to do as they want now and the guards left. "Yes... are you two okay?" She glanced between the girl and boy. Sae-Byeok simply nods, sitting down and Hyun-Jung sat beside her as Ji-Hoon sat in front of her. "Are you alright?" Gi-Hun finally asked the old man which Hyun-Jung also wanted to know.

"Huh?" The man simply says. "All of the... that was dangerous. When did you get up there?" Gi-Hun asked him. "We were worried about you, sir, when you disappeared." 199 said, also looking at the old man. "Novody here got hurt so that's good." Sangwoo says and Hyun-Jung glanced at him. "Uh, well, at this point we should know what to call each other. Why don't we go around and tell each other our names now." Gi-Hun says and 199 spoke up, "I know your name already, though. Ssangmun-dong."

Gi-Hun chuckles and Hyun-Jung also can't help but giggle, hiding her smile with her hand. "Ssangmun-dong is just my hometown. The name is Seong Gi-Hun. Seong Gi-Hun of Ssangmun-dong." He says as 199 looks embarrassed, slowly nodding.

"So then, what about your name?" Sangwoo suddenly nudged the man. "Ali. Ali Abdul." He says, smiling. "And where are you from?" Gi-Hun asked. "Pakistan." He answers. "Pakistan? Where is that?" Gi-Hun says making Hyun-Jung look at him. "North of India." She says making the men look over at her.

"I'm Chae Hyun-Jung." She says, nodding softly to the men and Sangwoo nods to them. "Cho Sangwoo." He suddenly introduced himself, glancing around, mostly at Ali. They look at the boy sitting in front of Hyun-Jung next who glanced around at all of them. "Oh. I'm Kyo Ji-Hoon." He nods to them, smiling faintly. They all look at Sae-Byeok next.

"Come on, really?" Is all she says and Gi-Hun gestures. "We're all teammates here now. We should really know about each other, build up a little trust, okay?" He says and Sae-Byeok simply side-eyes him before looking away.

"Kang Sae-Byeok."

"Sae-Byeok? That's a pretty name." He says, glancing at Ali and Sangwoo before looking back at the girl. "Though I'm not sure how well it fits." He says and Hyun-Jung looks at him with a face. "It fits just right, Ssangmun-dong." She says, defending Sae-Byeok instantly. She realizes right away what she had said and just quickly looked over at the old man.

"Uh, and what is your name, sir? If... if you don't mind me asking." She said, leaning forward as she looks at the elder sitting beside Gi-Hun. "What?" Is all the man says, not even looking at her. "My name? Oh. It..." As he trailed off, he struggles to answer her question.

"Uh... Let me think. Hold on, it... So... It..." He kept stammering and Hyun-Jung felt bad for even asking as they all watch the old man. "They call me..." Gi-Hun clears his throat, "it's okay." He says as he chuckles. "Hey, old man, you must be really shook up today. You know when I'm stressed, my home address slips right out of my head. Along with my social security." Gi-Hun chuckles and Hyun-Jung just glanced away, still feeling bad for asking.

"It'll be okay once you get some rest."

  

  

  

  

  

   

  

   

AUTHORS NOTE
if i ever mess up this fic, it's because i'm rushing writing it to get it over with 🙏😩