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

Chapter 22

"Out of the way! Move!" the doctors yell while they rush over to the operation room. Dino is holding on to the stretcher Scoups is laying on while he tries to follow the doctors' speed. The brunette certainly won't leave Scoups' side, the black-haired male has saved him. Although Dino's body is hurting and he's tired, he manages to keep up with the doctors until they arrive at the operation room. Dino wants to go inside with them, but a surgeon blocks his way.
"You can't come inside, sir", he says calmly while Dino looks at him in disbelief.
"What? But he's my friend! I owe him my life, why can't I-"
"You can look through the glass here, but nothing more", the surgeon interrupts him before he slams the door shut. Dino rushes over to the little glass window in which he can see the operation room. Scoups is now laying down on a table, his clothes are drenched with blood. Dino clenches his fists in frustration, he should've known that it was all a trap. It's starting to get clear now that Stray kids is only interested in Scoups and that the rest of his group is just collateral damage. But why, that's still the question to the brunette. All he knows is that Scoups' life is in real danger. He watches as the surgeons carefully remove some bullets. Scoups' eyes are shut, his body is tangled in all different kind of tubes. Dino hates tubes. Dino is watching the black-haired male carefully, waiting for him to suddenly wake up and move. But as expected, nothing happens. Dino has no idea where Stray kids or Scoups' group is right now, but he doesn't care.
"Last bullet is out", a surgeon says relieved. Her voice is muffled by the glass, but Dino can still hear it. They look at each other satisfied while they end the successful surgery, Scoups sure is lucky he's still alive. But suddenly, the black-haired male's heartbeat starts to drop and the surgeons all look at each other in panic. They yell some things at each other while they do things Dino can't properly see. He starts to panic while he slams the glass.
"Scoups!" he yells, hoping that it will help. The heartbeat stops for a moment and Dino holds his breath while watching the surgeons do their best to save him.
"No, no!" Dino yells devestated while he feels hot tears coming up. Tired, his body breaks down and Dino falls to the ground, sobbing. The brunette almost doesn't notice the footsteps approaching him. A red-haired male stares through the glass in shock.
"Oh god", Jeonghan whispers while a surgeon walks out of the room. Triggered, Dino looks up, but deep inside he's afraid.
"We successfully removed the bullets," the surgeon says, "but at the end, something went wrong. The bullets did hit some dangerous places, but he's really lucky that he's still alive." Dino gasps in excitement.
"He's still alive?" he whispers relieved. It looks like Jeonghan only notices the brunette now because he kneels down to face Dino. Jeonghan looks at him concerned.
"Are you allright, Dino?" he asks and Dino nods.
"I'm fine. Can we see Scoups?" Dino asks the surgeon. She looks at the two males uncomfortable and Dino knows there's something wrong.
"What is it?" Jeonghan asks, it looks like he has the same concerns as Dino.
"We weren't able to wake him up." she mutters, "Your friend is in a coma." Dino gasps and before he knows it, everything starts to turn around and Dino feels himself falling down again.
"Dino!" Jeonghan yells while everything turns dark.

Dino slowly opens his eyes, only to notice that he is in a hospital room. Wonwoo and Jeonghan are standing next to his bed and Dino looks at them confused.
"Wha- What happened?" he asks, his voice sounds a bit raspy.
"You took the news a bit too personal. It's not because Scoups is in a coma, you have to be too", Jeonghan says sarcastically.
"Sorry", he adds when he notices that no one is laughing.
"You were pretty bruised, I don't know what they did to you back there, but they surely did not go easy on you", Wonwoo explains and Dino sighs.
"I'm not as bad as Scoups", he whines. He just hopes that the leader will wake up soon.
"I think we can be glad that Scoups is still alive. We just have to pray he will wake up soon", Wonwoo says.
"Can we move on to business?" Jeonghan asks. It's clear that he doesn't want to talk about it anymore.
"Tell us everything you know about that whole kidnapping thing. What happened over there?" the red-haired asks curious. Dino takes a deep breath before he starts to explain what happened. He starts with the three creeps and he tries his best to describe them.
"I don't know any Australian guy", Jeonghan mumbles.
"Me neither," Wonwoo adds, "but you believe that he's the leader?" Dino nods.
"Yes I do, Hyunjin even confirmed it."
"At least that stupid brat is dead", Jeonghan scoffs.
"And the one who shot Scoups down is going to pay for it", Dino adds. When everyone is ready again, Dino tells them about the spy and the conversations he had with everyone. The brunette decides to leave the conversation about Scoups out for now.
"There's a spy among us!?" Wonwoo asks shocked.
"I believe that I shot him in the arm. So if anyone magically has a wound..."
"They will be dead", Jeonghan finishes Dino's sentence. The three males stare in front of them in silence, letting the information sink in. Their situation is horrible, Stray kids is on the run and extra angry and Scoups' group has lost their leader, at least for a while Dino hopes.
"I have to take the lead", Jeonghan suddenly says.
"What?" Wonwoo stares at the red-haired male confused.
"Until Scoups is back, ofcourse. But we have to keep going if we want to survive", Jeonghan states firmly.
"I agree", Dino says. Wonwoo looks at them, doubt is noticeable in his eyes.
"I don't know, it's like we already give up on Scoups", he mumbles.
"We aren't! We are just making sure that Scoups still has a group when he wakes up", Jeonghan reasons with him. Wonwoo shrugs and leans against the wall behind him.
"Sure, I guess. What does it matter anyway?" after a while, Wonwoo and Jeonghan leave to visit Scoups, but Dino is still thinking about their conversation. If Stray kids is hunting them down until they're all dead and Dino is bringing his loved ones in danger, what does it matter anyway?

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Chan is looking around furiously. Only seven males are standing in the room and it makes Chan worry for the first time in his life.
"Why did we have to spare that stupid brunette!? Because of him, Hyunjin is now dead!" Felix whines and Chan can only agree to that. But they have to keep focusing on the positive things.
"You took revenge, you shot Scoups down. Although I would've rather done it myself", Chan says and Felix scoffs.
"Does that matter? Your stupid obsession survived!" Chan looks Felix in the eyes and he has to try his best to fight the urge to slap the blonde.
"Don't you speak to me like that, I am your leader. And by the way, it's not an obsession of mine, it's revenge. I'm taking back what he took from me", Chan growls and the group falls silent. The leader knows that he hasn't told anyone yet about his past with the black-haired male, but Chan isn't ready to open up about that yet.
"The point is that we have made Scoups' group panic. They will have a few days of chaos and we have to use them. Maybe Scoups survived, but he isn't awake yet, is he?" The leader asks and this time Seungmin is the one who responds.
"No, Chan, he's not", Chan always liked the brunette. Seungmin is the type of guy to think before he acts and he reminds Chan of his past self, when all these horrible things didn't happen yet. The only thing that makes Chan doubt is Seungmin's kindness, it could be a weak spot.
"How did Dino escape anyway? And how is it possible that Scoups arrived right at the time I wasn't there?" Chan asks to break the silence.
"Bad luck?" Changbin guesses. Felix sighs and grunts annoyed.
"I don't believe in bad luck. We are an organized group, which means that we are prepared for bad luck, unless someone is helping that 'bad luck' a hand", the blonde scoffs and Chan looks at him confused.
"What do you mean by that?" he asks and Felix grins.
"Seungmin was the last one to tie Dino to the chair. And wasn't Seungmin also the one who was on the lookout? Sounds pretty sus to me", Felix explains while the group gasps in disbelief. Seungmin's face is getting red and he stares at Felix shocked.
"Seungmin, what do you have to say for yourself?" Chan hopes that Seungmin has a good explanation for himself, if the brunette really betrayed them, Chan would be really dissapointed. Seungmin stares at everyone in silence and plays with his fingers.
"Seungmin?" Jeongin asks inpatiently.
"Why do you want me out of this group so bad!? You were there too, I wasn't even there when it all happened because I was guarding the door!" Seungmin yells and he walks away furiously.
"See? He's betraying us", Felix scoffs and he crosses his arms in front of him.
"Let's do this another time, please?" Jisung asks. The hazelnut-haired male is shocked too by the sudden death of his teammate, but he still has some energy.
"Our spy, I believe that he did a great job", Changbin compliments him. Chan nods in agreement.
"I'm very glad that he's in our team," Chan says while turning to the spy, "How is your arm?" the spy smiles and waves it off.
"It's allright, I'll be fine. I just have to hide it", he says and Chan smiles at the spy. It feels great to have Scoups' group in their power again, although it took a life to do so.
"I think we almost got caught by the cops with that manœuvre, but the fact that we are still free is a sign that we deserve to do this", Chan hypes his group up and everyone cheers.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some things to do", the leader states mysteriously while he proceeds to walk out of the room.
"Good luck!" the group shouts at him and Chan turns around grinning.
"I don't think I'll be the one who needs luck", the whole group starts grinning while Chan leaves the building.

It's dark in the hospital and Chan enjoys walking through the hallways. He can smell the fear, the pain and the suffer. It's like he can feel the death, it gives the black-haired male power. He walks through the darkness, the fact that he's not supposed to be here makes it even more fun. While Chan is walking, he counts the rooms.

661,662,663,664,665,666.

Perfect. Chan grins while he enters the room. A devil number for a devil, it suits him best. The steady sound of a heartbeat is echoing through the room while Chan walks over to the bed. With a look of disgust, he stares into the eyes of his childhood best friend, who stabbed him in the back harder than Chan will ever be able to.
"It's too lame to kill you now," Chan whispers in Scoups' ear, "But I will be waiting for you when you wake up." the black-haired male is laying down with his eyes closed as of he's sleeping, or how Chan would like to see it, as if he's dead. He grabs Scoups' wrist and pinches it hard.
"I know you can hear me," Chan continues, "And I hope you suffer for what you did. I will never forgive you for what you did and I know for sure that their ghosts are haunting you. Believe me, buddy, I will not rest until I got my revenge."