Hurricane ✔️

Chapter 29: Gone

"Hyungie." Jimin whimpered as he curled up in the blanket Hoseok wrapped him in.

When the sun began to set, the younger children heard a ruckus outside. Jimin cried out when he heard Hoseok yell out in pain.

"Found ya." A large man in a Navy uniform sneered when he walked into the cave.

Jimin desperately ran past the man to Hoseok who was struggling in another man's grip. "Hyungie!" Jimin cried out and ran to Hoseok.

"MinMin! No! Run!" Hoseok yelled back as he tried to get out of the large man's grip.

Jimin screamed when he was lifted by the hair by another large man with a scar on his cheek. Large tears trickled down his face as he continued to struggle to get to his older brother.

"Don't hurt him. Please." Hoseok cried as he watched Jimin cry in the man's grip.

"Take them to the hold. Captain wants them brought to the farm." The man holding Jimin commanded the others and threw Jimin to another man.

Hoseok never took his eyes off of Jimin as they were herded to the ship. As they walked past the village, Hoseok made sure that Jimin only looked at him and nothing else. Their home was burned to the ground, and all of the villagers' bodies were strewn everywhere. Jimin whimpered as he kept his eyes on Hoseok. He knew that he had to keep looking at his hyung.

The smoke mixed with the red poison stung their eyes and lungs as the stench from the dead, burned bodies churned their stomachs. Many of the children vomited and passed out when they saw their destroyed homes. The sobs of the children were muffled by the laughter of the Navy men.

Once they were on the ship and thrown into cages, Hoseok instantly pulls Jimin into his arms. As Jimin cried, Hoseok softly hummed and rocked him until Jimin fell asleep. While Jimin slept, Hoseok allowed his tears to fall as the images of his murdered parents filled his mind. Jimin was all he had left, and he was all Jimin had left.

"Where is my Unni?" A girl asked as she looked around the cage.

"She's with your parents." Another girl quietly answered with downcast eyes.

"What happened?" One of the boys asked as he holds his injured hyung.

"One of the monsters saw us when we were heading back." Hoseok quietly answered as he pulled Jimin closer.

"What's going to happen to us?" A girl quietly asked as she clung to her older brother.

"I don't know." Her older brother whispered and wrapped her in his arms.

As the ship set sail, the children felt ultimate hopelessness. Their families and homes were gone, and they were being taken away forever to a hell they don't know.

Once Jimin woke up, he stayed quiet as he hid in his brother's arms. He could hear the yelling of the crew and the quiet cries of the other children. He desperately tried to drown out the noise by burying himself in Hoseok's chest and listening to his breathing and heartbeat.

After days of sailing without food and water, the children felt the ship dock. They listened in fear as the sound of several large men stomping towards them became louder and louder. Hoseok held Jimin in a vice like grip, fearing their separation.

"Get up!" A large man yelled as he splashed freezing water on the weak children.

They all shakily stood to their feet as they kept their eyes on their feet. Jimin kept his arms wrapped around Hoseok's waist, and his face buried in Hoseok's abdomen.

"Separate them by age. Put those who seem younger than 15 in one group and those older than 15 in another group." The man in the fanciest uniform instructed the others.