~<*>~ Music in me: seventeen fan-fiction ~<*>~

Chapter 6

Scoups looks at the screen of the computer.
"What does it say?" he asks nervously.
"I'm not sure yet, but we almost have a name." Wonwoo answers while typing.
"Allright." Scoups sighs while turning to the rest of the group. They all gathered in their meeting space again to talk about what they found yesterday evening.
"We have the name of the group: Stray kids. This means that they won't stop soon and that they probably want to say to us that it is war." some people gasp.
"Are they going to be more violant?" DK asks nervously. Scoups sighs.
"I don't know. Probably. We have to prepare ourselves and we have to be even more careful than usual. I don't want anyone going alone anymore." everyone nods while Jeonghan is moving to sit next to Wonwoo. They both look at the screen concentrated. Scoups decides to let them work.
"What about Dino?" Hoshi asks. This is a question everyone is thinking about. If they really are in war, do they still need to include Dino? Scoups closes his eyes in frustration. He doesn't know what to do.
"I think we have to keep an eye on him. Keep spying on him. And when the time is right, we include him." it's the best option Scoups can think of. When they all are in danger, Scoups wants everyone as close to him as possible, including Dino.
"You really want him to join our group? At a time like this?" Woozi doubts Scoups, he knows that. And it's good because Scoups can stay realistic. But this time, he wants to go a little further.
"Yes. Maybe he can be valuable. Useful." everyone stares at him, but no one disagrees.
"When are we going to include Dino? And how are we going to do that?" Vernon asks. Scoups thinks about it for a while, in the meantime, all he can hear is the sound of fingers tapping on the keyboard. He doesn't want his plan to fail, but if he wants to succeed, Scoups is going to have to take some risks.
"We will let him find out about us. See what he does with that information. If he wants to report us, we force him to join the group. When he's part of us, he can't report us anymore. I'll try to let him realize that we aren't voilant and that he's perfect for us. Maybe he just joins, it's a risk we have to take."
"Are you sure it's all worth it?" Joshua's voice sounds soft, but Scoups can hear the doubt in his voice.
"Maybe it's not. But we have to try. If we don't do anything, Stray kids will hunt us down and kill us all. We know they're capable of doing so." Scoups knows everyone is thinking back to yesterday evening. He won't confess it, but it scared him. It made Scoups worry, if they have a chance of winning this or if they're just doomed and they will deffinetly die. But if Scoups tells them that, everyone will panic, so he keeps it to himself.
"We found something!" Jeonghan suddenly yells. Excitement runs through Scoups' veins while he runs to the computer.
"Let's hope it's useful!" Hoshi exclaims.
"It sure is." Wonwoo replies while opening a tab. A photo of a salmon-haired male appears on the screen. Above the photo, a name is written.
"Hyunjin?" Seungkwan reads. Wonwoo and Jeonghan both nod.
"I believe we have our first person." Jeonghan states while Scoups is looking at him confused.
"What do you mean?" he asks.
"I mean that we checked the people who were invited in that private party." Wonwoo explains.
"Then, we checked all the police officers who are working on this case." Jeonghan adds.
"And there is no single one of them who's called Hyunjin." Wonwoo finishes. Scoups notices his team staring at the two clever males with an open mouth.
"Does that mean-" Minghao says.
"We finally know one of the members of Stray kids." Scoups interrupts him, "We finally have a chance to win."

A few hours later, Scoups is sitting at his table in his home. He's staring at the screen, now that they have found this important information, Scoups wants to know as much as he can about this guy. He's searching on social media to find accounts, find a place where he might live, but ofcourse Hyunjin is smart enough to hide everything. Scoups slams the table with his fist out of frustration when someone is entering the living room.
"Woah, can you be quiet? We're trying to sleep!" Woozi whispers angrily. Scoups sighs and places his hand on his forehead.
"I'm sorry." he says shortly. Woozi stands still for a while and after a moment of silence, he walks over to Scoups.
"It's three in the morning. Shouldn't you get some sleep?" Woozi asks. This time, there is concern and worry in his voice.
"I can't." Scoups answers, "I have to protect my team." Woozi places his hand on Scoups' shoulder and looks at the screen.
"You know you aren't going to find anything, right? Those guys are clever." Woozi tries to reason with him.
"I know. I'm not stupid. And besides, I just found out as well." Scoups is starting to get irritated.
"You also know that you need to get some rest?" Woozi tries again. Scoups sighs deeply.
"I already told you, I can't. I have to protect-"
"You can't protect you're team if you're broken yourself, goddamnit!" Woozi cuts him off. Scoups startles to hear the desperation in his friends voice.
"We need you. And if you don't get some sleep, you won't be healthy. You will help and protect us by getting some sleep." Scoups closes his laptop and looks Woozi in the eye.
"Allright." he sighs and Woozi starts smiling. Scoups gets up and walks to his bedroom. He knows Woozi is watching him with concern, but right now, Scoups doesn't care. He lays down and only seconds later, his eyes close and Scoups is sleeping.