"I promised you, didn't I? That I would make your victory feel miserable."
Life sucks when you've got a lot of demons in your head to deal with. Add fucked law system and constant crimes all over the world to the list. And there's nothing you can do...
Namjoon questioned and Jimin and Taehyung exchanged glance, a question mark hanging in their face, unsure whether they can let everyone know about project chimera yet. Seokjin, Hoseok, Yoongi and Jungkook sat around them, looking at Taehyung with suspicion. The air hung heavy with unspoken questions. Namjoon's inquiry echoed in the tense silence.
"We found something," Jimin finally said, his voice carefully neutral. "But it's. . . complicated." Seokjin scoffed, leaning forward. "Everything with you two is complicated these days, isn't it?" His gaze flickered between them, suspicion simmering beneath the surface. Taehyung straightened, a mask of defiance settling on his features. "We're just being cautious," he countered, his voice clipped. "This isn't some playground adventure, hyung. We're dealing with powerful people and dangerous secrets."
Yoongi spoke up. "Alright, enough posturing. Let's hear what you found. We can decide how to proceed after that." Jimin took a deep breath. "We found evidence of a project," he began, his voice low. "Project Chimera." A collective gasp filled the room. Jungkook's eyes widened in shock, while Hoseok's jaw clenched tight. Even the ever-stoic Namjoon seemed taken aback.
"Project Chimera?" Seokjin repeated, his voice laced with disbelief. "The government program they supposedly shut down years ago?" Jimin nodded grimly. "It seems it wasn't entirely shut down. We found documents, research logs. . . evidence that the experiments continued underground."
A heavy silence descended upon the group. The weight of the revelation settled like a lead weight in their stomachs. Project Chimera had been a dark stain on their past, a program that experimented on unwilling subjects, twisting them into living weapons. It was a secret they all thought they'd buried.
"There is something I haven't told you guys," Taehyung started and everyone looked at Taehyung. Jimin swallowed and looked at Taehyung. Was Taehyung about to tell everyone that he and Jimin had been a subject too?
"My father's company was responsible for the Project Chimera." Taehyung revealed and everyone froze on their spots. "It's still going on, taken over by Kim Jaesoo, after he took over my father's company. I knew all along." The air crackled with a tension so thick it felt like it could solidify. Accusatory stares burned into Taehyung, his revelation hanging heavy in the suffocating silence.
Seokjin, his face pale with a mixture of horror and betrayal, was the first to break. "Your father?" he spat, his voice laced with venom. "All this time, you knew what they were doing, and you said nothing? Don't you realize what they were doing?" Yoongi chimed in, his usual stoicism replaced by a cold fury. "How could you, Taehyung? We trusted you."
