House Of Cards

Chapter 16

WARNING: THIS EPISODE IS EXTREMELY DISTURBING AND DETAILS GRAPHIC IMAGERY. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO THE THOUGHTS OF SURGERY, KNIVES, INCISIONS, ETC.

*Chaeyoung's POV...*

    The day went on, but we still couldn't find any sign of them. By this point, there were a few other volunteers and police from different towns that were coming in to help us search. Our Bunny Case was gaining massive media attention, and people wanted to help us. To help Taehyung and Hoseok. Taehyung had now been officially declared missing. I cried when I heard that Taehyung was nowhere to be found. He wasn't in the police station, he wasn't at work, we wasn't around town, he wasn't anywhere! I can only imagine the horrible things that happened to him last night... God... I shouldn't've left him alone! I should have stayed with him all night and protected him! What if he's dead...? What if I never see my brother again...?

    I was searching some streets when a local waves her hands to me. It was a young lady, probably around her 20s. She runs over to me.
    "Everything okay, Miss?" I asked her.
    "Yes but, I wanted to tell you guys about what I saw."
    "You saw something ma'am?" I pulled out my memo book, "State your name."
    "Sana. Sana Minatozaki."
    "Okay, and what did you see?"
    "There was something strange I found in the forest... It looked like... A trapdoor? I'm not sure but I think you guys should check it out."
    I immediately got on my radio and called other officers. I turned back to Sana, "Show me."

    ...

    A big group of officers got with me, and we followed Sana to where she supposedly saw this 'trapdoor.' She wasn't lying. There was a steel trapdoor buried slightly in the grass. It had a rusted handle.
    "I'll go." I said. I reached my hands down and pulled the hatch open. Almost immediately, a horrid smell came wafting up through the air. I covered my mouth and nose with my shirt and made my way down. Some of the other officers came with me. I kept climbing down the ladder until my feet hit the floor. Another officer jumped down too. We turned on our flashlights... And what we saw was terrifying. There were dead bodies all piled up here. Bodies from years ago... Jin's dead body... Was lying in the corner. I covered my mouth and vomited on the ground. A few other officers rushed down to take pictures while a female officer comforted me and led me back up the ladder.

    ...

    *Author's POV...*

    When Jungkook arrived back into the operating room, they already had set up Taehyung onto Jungkook's creation. Jungkook's grin widened as he saw the work being done before him. Small, little robotic arms were holding Taehyung's hairs, eyelashes, and other features in place as the doctors worked on him. Jungkook had spent months working on a certain creation for when he kidnapped Taehyung... It was a huge operating table with small robotic arms that could hold scalpels, sewing string, and other operating materials. The machine was running perfectly and holding Taehyung precisely in place as the soldiers picked at Taehyung's body. The first course of action was to trim Taehyung's hair. The soldiers carefully followed the picture and cut his hair to it's perfect length.
    After his hair was trimmed, the soldiers went into great detail. So much detail, in fact, that Jungkook could no longer watch and left the operating room to go and play with his baby. The soldiers continued on with their work, slowly checking off the boxes on the list of things that had to be "fixed" about the young boy. Jungkook had made it blatantly clear to them earlier that he wanted Taehyung's tattoo removed from his body. Because of this, the soldiers spent the next hour lasering his tattoo, causing swelling and redness. After Taehyung's tattoo was successfully lasered, the soldiers continued on with botoxing his muscles... However, the soldiers didn't know how to go about this process, since they were not capable of producing such knowledge. They were given the botox, as well as other medical equipment for the job. However, the soldiers had to go the easy route and find a way to open up Taehyung's body to get to these muscles. The soldiers spent over 30 minutes carving into Taehyung's biceps, thighs, calves, and abs before injecting the muscles with botox. His biceps were still a bit too large for Jungkook's tastes, so the soldiers sliced off tiny slabs of muscles with knives. By the end, the soldiers completely sealed Taehyung up again with sewing string. Now, the soldiers were on to the hardest part of their mission: making Taehyung an inch shorter. They had no idea how to do this at first, but one of them came up with an idea. They flipped Taehyung over so he was lying on his back. Everybody knows that your height is almost always determined by your spine. And because of this, the soldiers saw it fit for one of Taehyung's spinal nerves to be removed. This was the longest process, and it ended up taking almost an hour. The soldiers gently opened up Taehyung's back, exposing his spine. They carefully carved under a certain spinal nerve, removing an entire chunk of Taehyung's spine. They carefully stitched the remaining two pieces together before sewing his back again. Some of the skin on his lower torso had been folded over, so the soldiers then chopped off the excess and sewed it back, tightening the skin and also injecting botox. By the end of it all, the soldiers had one more mission to accomplish: Taehyung's eyes. His eyes were too light for Jungkook's liking. So, the soldiers grabbed some artificial lenses and dyes. One of the soldiers got up close to Taehyung and opened up his eye wider with a retractor. A small slit was made into Taehyung's iris, allowing the artificially dyed lens to be placed over Taehyung's original iris. Taehyung's eyes were carefully sewed back together with an invisible thread. The sewing was all done by the robotic arms. The soldiers were done, all of the boxes had been checked, and Taehyung had been completely transformed.

    *Jeon Jungkook's POV...*

    My baby boy had gotten quite tired after all the play time tonight. I smiled and picked him up, carrying him to his bedroom. The soldiers had taken care of him well, and I was very pleased with my progress as not only a boyfriend, but a father. When I made it to my bedroom, I carefully placed my beautiful sleeping boy into the crib I had made for him. I placed the binkie inside his mouth and a small blanket on top of him. I smiled gently again, thinking about my new life with Taehyung. Everything was going so perfectly... I just want it to stay like this forever! And it will. We will stay like this forever. I will protect Taehyung and my baby boy with everything I have.
    And that's when I realized... I haven't even named him yet! I looked down at him, thinking of possible names. And then one came to me... Haven. Haven is neither a boy's name, nor a girl's name. It was just right~.
    Suddenly, I heard a knock on my bedroom door. I opened it and saw the Talking Soldier standing there, "Master. Taehyung is ready for you now."
    "Is he awake?"
    "No, he is sleeping peacefully. All of the arrangements have been made as you've asked."
    "Perfect! Ah, I knew I could count on all of you!" I got excited and ran down to the operating room. I found Taehyung lying peacefully in a medical bed. The pillows were puffed to ensure comfortability. A comfortable, yet light, sheet was placed over Taehyung. He looked comfortable and not distrubed. Wow... My soldiers must have done a really good job if he's looking this comfortable. I carefully picked up Taehyung bridal style and made my way back to the bedroom. I asked a soldier to carry an IV and follow me so that Taehyung could still heal properly.
    After arriving at the bedroom, I placed Taehyung down on the bed, tucking him in. The doctor stuck the IV in his arm so that Taehyung could sleep comfortably through the night. I looked around to make sure that I had all of the baby supplies I needed. I made sure that Taehyung had a spare change of clothes, other than that horrid hospital dress that he's wearing. I made sure there was food, water, and more in the room before securing the thick, metal, steel doors. The last door, the door inside the room, was locked with a simple passcode. Only I know the passcode.
    I slowly crawl into bed with Taehyung. I smile sweetly as I look down at his beautiful figure. Ah... Just as I remember him. I switched off the lamp beside us before getting into the blankets myself. I reached around Taehyung, wrapping my arms around him. I kissed his neck softly, basking in Taehyung's aroma. I couldn't help but smile all night, thinking about how successful everything has gone for me. I had my life back...
    I had Taehyung back...

    *Park Jimin's POV...*

    My eyes slowly began to open. I looked around me before shooting up, "HOLY SHIT!!!" I screamed. But, there was another scream from inside the room. I looked over and saw Hoseok sitting up against the wall!!!
    "Oh my god! Jimin!" He smiled.
    "Hoseok!!" I started crying, "Oh my god... Did something happen to you too?!"
    "Yes. I'll tell you everything. I found Jungkook. When we were investigating a couple nights ago, I ran into him near the station. I tried to shoot him but he was too fast. He kidnapped me... He brought me to an operating room but I escaped and found you lying in this cell."
    "Oh Hoseok... I'm so sorry... I was about to leave your house but then I saw him in the shadows! He kidnapped me too! Oh my god... Now we're stuck here... What are we going to do?"
    "I don't know... But..." he sighed, "I'm just really glad to see that you're okay. You kept groaning, I didn't know if you were ever going to wake up. I just wanted you to be okay... I heard your groaning... I just wanted to save you."
    I could feel the heat rush to my cheeks as he said this. My cheeks blushed.

    He wanted to... Protect me...?